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Robert Larkin told the prosecution that he was on North Cumberland Street on the morning of May 24 and he heard “something like fireworks going off”, adding that when he turned around “all hell had broke loose”.

“Two fellas came out from the flat complex and ran down the road,” he said.

Mr Larkin said a car had also driven into Avondale House, the driver got out of it and started “screaming hysterically.”

The court heard that Ross Hutch arrived on the scene after the alleged murder, saw Gareth on the ground and followed the two attackers for a while before turning back.

Kelly Hogan said she first heard glass smashing in the carpark on the morning of May 24.

Her neighbour “Gar” was lying at a parked car. “Ross was there, he was running around the carpark screaming,” she remarked.

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Ms Hogan agreed with counsel that she saw two people running around the carpark, one of them attempted to start a car but it would not start and then it conked out.

The two men who were wearing hoodies, ran out of the carpark.

Jim Holmes told the court that he was walking in the direction of Gardiner Street at 9.50am on the morning when he saw two people running in the center of the road. One of the men was wearing a balaclava which looked “suspicious” so he rang 999.

Earlier, CCTV footage of the fatal shooting of Mr Hutch as he got into his car outside Avondale House flats in Dublin was shown to the court.